《Taiwan’s Growth Through Adversity》
When Ashan’s family first arrived in Taiwan, the island was in a post-war recovery period, struggling to rebuild from the devastation. During this time, the government implemented land reforms under the "Land to the Tiller" policy, restored power and water systems, stabilized the financial sector, promoted light industry, and established export processing zones. After more than a decade of dedicated effort, Taiwan’s economy began to stabilize and gradually transitioned into a more prosperous society.
However, as Taiwan entered the 1970s, it faced significant challenges on the global stage. In 1971, Taiwan was forced to withdraw from the United Nations, becoming an international orphan. Shortly after, the first global oil crisis struck, dealing a double blow to Taiwan’s political standing and economic growth.
In response, Premier Chiang Ching-kuo launched the "Ten Major Construction Projects" in 1974, a large-scale national infrastructure plan that included highways, an international airport, railway electrification, new seaports, a major steel plant, shipbuilding, and petrochemical industries. It was during this period that Ashan joined the engineering efforts, contributing his skills to Taiwan’s development. By 1979, as these ambitious projects were completed, Taiwan had risen to become the leading economy among the "Four Asian Tigers."
Over the years, Ashan dedicated himself to learning computer technology, engineering calculations, and information management within his company’s IT department. His hard work paid off—after completing Taiwan’s Ten Major Construction Projects, his company secured international engineering bids, successfully undertaking major infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia and the Middle East, including highways, ports, waterworks, and power systems. Recognized for his technical expertise, foreign language proficiency, and outstanding performance, Ashan was promoted to Engineering Information Specialist, actively participating in international project bidding and construction management.
《在困境中成長的台灣》
阿三家剛到台灣的時候，台灣正值戰後百廢待興的年代，歷經政府推行「耕者有其田」， 重建電力及水利系統，穩定金融體系，推動輕工業，開發加工出口區，經過了十幾年的努力，台灣經濟有了穩定的發展 ，並逐步邁入小康社會。
不料到進入 1970 年度，在國際政治舞台上，台灣被迫退出聯合國，而成為國際孤兒。接著又遭遇到世界第一次石油危機，對台灣的政治地位及經濟發展，造成了雙重打擊！
時任行政院長的蔣經國先生，在 1974 年推出「十大建設」計劃，這裡涵蓋了高速公路、國際機場、鐵路電氣化、新建海港、大鋼廠、造船及石化等項目。阿三也是在這個時候投身十大建設工程，為更好的台灣，貢獻了一己之力。到了 1979 年這些重大建設完工後，台灣已經變成了「亞洲四小龍」之首。
阿三這些年在公司資訊部認真學習電腦科技，及全力投入工程計算及資訊管理等資訊系統的建置及應用。因此在完成在台灣的十大建設後，阿三公司順利得到參加工程國際標的資格，並且後來也贏得東南亞及中東多國的公路、海港、水利及電力等大型工程。阿三也因為工作表現優異及具有電腦與外語的能力，也升任為工程資訊專員，並積極參與國際工程的投標及建設等工作。
